Cases of falling windows in 2017 at a five-year high already

There have been 50 cases of windows falling this year, with the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Housing Board reminding home owners to maintain their windows at least once every six months.

The figure is a five-year high, with the number of falling windows not surpassing 46 since 2012, when 71 cases were recorded.

From January to last month, 25 sliding windows and 24 casement windows fell.

One other window that fell was not of these two types, said the BCA and HDB in a joint statement yesterday.

Most of the sliding windows fell because of the lack of proper safety stoppers and angle strips to ensure that the window panels were kept in the tracks.

As for casement windows, most of those that fell were found fitted with aluminium rivets that had corroded.